Motels ‘not the answer for city’s homeless’

My heart and my work is here so the

only thing that matters to me is

whether New Zealanders think I’m

doing a good job.

developers’ support programme to underwrite developments that might not otherwise be financed, she said.

“So we can keep seeing developers build. We just need more supply, it changes everything.”

When asked about how far off the country was in terms of a vaccine and how this would affect international tourism, she said it was a multifaceted situation.

She said they were waiting on research about how the vaccine would affect rates of transmission and how fast they could roll it out to the population — both “key” in opening the borders. Although overseas countries were starting vaccination programmes, she said New Zealand’s would weigh heavily on when they finished and were fully vaccinated.

“That will likely take quite a few more months.”

Frontline workers, including those in healthcare and border workers, would be first in line for the vaccination, she said.

Elderly, immunocompromised and other high-risk people would come next.

Forbes ranked Ardern as the 32nd most powerful woman in the world, with the Queen of United Kingdom lower than her on the list.

Ardern said she believed Queen was “under-ranked”.

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“My heart and my work is here so the only thing that matters to me is whether New Zealanders think I’m doing a good job.”

On a lighter note, what was on the top of the Prime Minister’s 2020 Christmas List?

She responded: “Sleep”.

“Is that a gift you can put a bow on?” She said she also just wanted time to play with her young daughter Neve, who was finally at the age where she understood what Christmas was about and had a mild obsession with Christmas trees.

“I just want everybody to have a really good break, everyone deserves it.”

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern